See Daily Telegraph report referenced here: http://sidmouthindependentnews.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/no-prime-minister-planning-in-his-own-back-yard/
Daily Archives: 18 Mar 2014
“They’re not making new farmland,” warns NFU.
At a conference organised yesterday by the Devon WI (Our Changing Countryside. What does the future hold?), National Farmers’ Union (NFU) spokesman, Andrew Butler, warned of the dangers of “taking land out of the system, for urbanisation”.The NFU predicts increasing volatility in staples (rice, soya, wheat), leading to issues of food security and permanently rising food prices.There’s a need “to look more at the economic and social asset of farmland”, he said.
So the plan to lose two more East Devon farms to mass development seems seriously misguided. The urbanisation of Pinn Court Farm and Old Park Farm, (near Pinhoe and Westclyst), involves key players in the curiously collapsed East Devon Business Forum. What do EDDC officers think about this planning application? Details at this link:
http://sidmouthindependentnews.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/the-special-development-management-committee-meeting-express-and-echo/
CranBROOK
Will West End overdevelopment add to the flood risk on the River Clyst floodplain? Steven Moore of the Environment Agency recently assured EDA member, Graham Cooper, that flood risk measures for the Intermodal and Skypark have been fully in place for a number of years. He explained that the country park at the Intermodal and Cranbrook had lagoons in place and there were sub surface water retention tanks at Skypark.
The above photograph taken earlier this month, before any substantial development has taken place, appears to give other signals, as did the EA severe flood warnings in place for the area on 4th March, when the main A3052 was also flooded.
East Devon Watch 